Belle Ella
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It's time for Day 5, Day 5!! I love getting to spend so many days at Disneyland, and it makes me feel less guilty if I don't spend the entire day there. I'll try to skip straight to the fun stuff (which means mostly the pretty-pretty pictures) but I just have to say something I was very excited and terrified about all at the same time: I got/had to park on the very top level of the Mickey & Friends structure. Yes, I actually got excited about this. I wanted to be able to park on every level at least once and it was a new one for me -- call it my Parking Structure Quest and we'll be even. The big downside was that it is very, very high up and I don't like heights! But all in all I found it very fitting because I was wearing my blinged out Minnie Mouse shirt!
And with that we'll definitely skip to the fun stuff: Entering the Esplanade!
And look at that, folks! Those big chunky semi-whimsical snowflakes that adorned the turnstiles have finally disappeared. I don't mean to sound like a hater but it made me very happy to see everything back to "normal". I loved almost every other Holiday decoration and didn't want to see most of it go, but I have made no effort to hide my non-love for the snowflake. I just thought about this, but maybe a reason why I didn't like them was because they were snow-flakes and I kind of hate the snow. I don't think I will ever know. But moving on, if the snowflakes are gone does that mean that the rest (or at the very least, more) of the decorations would be down today as well?
Well, things were looking even more promising as far as being Holiday-decoration free. When I left at the end of Day 4 there was still a ginormous Christmas tree towering overhead and today, poof, it was gone! I was kind of sad to see it go. I had gotten used to the tree being there and the same with the rest of the decorations. Heck, the majority of my Disney time in the past year has been during the Holiday season -- I just find that crazy! I went from one short Holiday trip in 2003 directly after Christmas to spending 9 days or so spread out between December and January (and then I count how many days I have been to DLR in 2011 alone and my jaw drops). But as much as I loved the decorations and the Holiday season at DLR in general it just felt right to walk down Main Street again and have it be just Main Street again. Even my belated birthday trip in September '10 wasn't completely the real Main Street with the orange Halloween Time banners everywhere so I haven't just walked down Main Street since 2009 when you think about it, and that's a very long time. So I savored the moment. And then I got a locker to store the things I didn't feel like carrying around with me for every moment of the day.
So I could remember
My plan for the day was as follows:
I started off on a roll and after debating if I should get FP's first or not (not won out in the end, it was a Wednesday after all) my first stop of the day was Pixie Hollow. I have always had a relatively short wait there, although I've never even seen the line to be tremendously long in the first place, and this one was about 15 minutes. Well, the posted wait time was 15 minutes but it ended up being more like 20 due to a small debacle with a little boy's toy car (a Cars car, to be exact) which fell on the wrong side of the fence and the CM controling the line had a little difficulty trying to figure out how to get to it. It was rather interesting to watch. And cute. You can't forget cute. But you know what I was busy taking photos anyway, so I was happy.
A different view of the Matterhorn
Does this mean me too?
I guess that was a yes!
Just call me Fairy Jazz
I had nowhere in particular to head after Pixie Hollow and I was in more of a wandering around and people watching mood than a go on rides kind of mood. So that's exactly what I did. I meandered my way around, mostly though Fantasyland and NOS and here are the few photos that I took, including the next entry for my Bathroom Sign Quest!
Churros! A whole important food group to themselves!
Have I mentioned how much I love those churros? Churros and Mint Juleps. I could survive a whole day at Disneyland on just those two things right there. So it's a no brainer, especially if I took a photo, that I gotted me a churro! Now, there I was with my tasty churro at the turning point from NOS to Critter Country when I remembered that I had successfully completed 1/2 of my goals for the day but I still had to go find Pooh Bear and friends! Well, what better time than when you're in the area, right? So I decided to go check out how insane the wait would be (because let's face it, that line can be a little intimidating). And of course, because this is me, when I get to the main of Critter Country there are no characters to be found and I am faced with the decision of waiting until they return or simply coming back later. Well, the decision was made for me not long after I got there. I turned around and Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore were on there way out and there were only 2 families in line at that point. Oh yes, I was jumping in line!!
The best part? Since Pooh is the first stop Eeyore was all by his lonesome for a minute or two. So I decided to try and brighten his day by getting some solo shots. And guess who decided to start posing?
Can't forget the Pooh ... er ... Winnie the Pooh!
I thought it was so adorable!! The day was off to a very good start, it was. And before I knew it, it was my turn. Let's just say I was a little excited. So a big, big hug was involved.
And did you notice? It looks like the Holiday decorations aren't 100% gone still.
... to be continued ...
And with that we'll definitely skip to the fun stuff: Entering the Esplanade!
And look at that, folks! Those big chunky semi-whimsical snowflakes that adorned the turnstiles have finally disappeared. I don't mean to sound like a hater but it made me very happy to see everything back to "normal". I loved almost every other Holiday decoration and didn't want to see most of it go, but I have made no effort to hide my non-love for the snowflake. I just thought about this, but maybe a reason why I didn't like them was because they were snow-flakes and I kind of hate the snow. I don't think I will ever know. But moving on, if the snowflakes are gone does that mean that the rest (or at the very least, more) of the decorations would be down today as well?
Well, things were looking even more promising as far as being Holiday-decoration free. When I left at the end of Day 4 there was still a ginormous Christmas tree towering overhead and today, poof, it was gone! I was kind of sad to see it go. I had gotten used to the tree being there and the same with the rest of the decorations. Heck, the majority of my Disney time in the past year has been during the Holiday season -- I just find that crazy! I went from one short Holiday trip in 2003 directly after Christmas to spending 9 days or so spread out between December and January (and then I count how many days I have been to DLR in 2011 alone and my jaw drops). But as much as I loved the decorations and the Holiday season at DLR in general it just felt right to walk down Main Street again and have it be just Main Street again. Even my belated birthday trip in September '10 wasn't completely the real Main Street with the orange Halloween Time banners everywhere so I haven't just walked down Main Street since 2009 when you think about it, and that's a very long time. So I savored the moment. And then I got a locker to store the things I didn't feel like carrying around with me for every moment of the day.
So I could remember
My plan for the day was as follows:
Character meet and greets I had not done as of yet: Pixie Hollow and Winnie the Pooh & Friends for sure.
Continue with my Bathroom Sign Quest.
Continue with my Bathroom Sign Quest.
I started off on a roll and after debating if I should get FP's first or not (not won out in the end, it was a Wednesday after all) my first stop of the day was Pixie Hollow. I have always had a relatively short wait there, although I've never even seen the line to be tremendously long in the first place, and this one was about 15 minutes. Well, the posted wait time was 15 minutes but it ended up being more like 20 due to a small debacle with a little boy's toy car (a Cars car, to be exact) which fell on the wrong side of the fence and the CM controling the line had a little difficulty trying to figure out how to get to it. It was rather interesting to watch. And cute. You can't forget cute. But you know what I was busy taking photos anyway, so I was happy.
A different view of the Matterhorn
Does this mean me too?
I guess that was a yes!
Just call me Fairy Jazz
I had nowhere in particular to head after Pixie Hollow and I was in more of a wandering around and people watching mood than a go on rides kind of mood. So that's exactly what I did. I meandered my way around, mostly though Fantasyland and NOS and here are the few photos that I took, including the next entry for my Bathroom Sign Quest!
Churros! A whole important food group to themselves!
Have I mentioned how much I love those churros? Churros and Mint Juleps. I could survive a whole day at Disneyland on just those two things right there. So it's a no brainer, especially if I took a photo, that I gotted me a churro! Now, there I was with my tasty churro at the turning point from NOS to Critter Country when I remembered that I had successfully completed 1/2 of my goals for the day but I still had to go find Pooh Bear and friends! Well, what better time than when you're in the area, right? So I decided to go check out how insane the wait would be (because let's face it, that line can be a little intimidating). And of course, because this is me, when I get to the main of Critter Country there are no characters to be found and I am faced with the decision of waiting until they return or simply coming back later. Well, the decision was made for me not long after I got there. I turned around and Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore were on there way out and there were only 2 families in line at that point. Oh yes, I was jumping in line!!
The best part? Since Pooh is the first stop Eeyore was all by his lonesome for a minute or two. So I decided to try and brighten his day by getting some solo shots. And guess who decided to start posing?
Can't forget the Pooh ... er ... Winnie the Pooh!
I thought it was so adorable!! The day was off to a very good start, it was. And before I knew it, it was my turn. Let's just say I was a little excited. So a big, big hug was involved.
And did you notice? It looks like the Holiday decorations aren't 100% gone still.
... to be continued ...
